title: Paramyxoviral and reoviral infections of iguanas on Honduran Islands.
abstract: Thirty-five free-ranging healthy spiny-tailed iguanas (31 Ctenosaura bakeri, 4 C. similis) and 14 green iguanas (Iguana iguana rhinolopha) were caught and held in captivity for 2 days. Blood was collected from all animals and their sera were evaluated for antibody titres against reptilian reoviruses, reptilian paramyxoviruses, and avian paramyxovirus-1 (PMV-1). Cloacal and pharyngeal swabs also were collected and examined for viral content by incubation on chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) and terrapene heart cells (TH-1). No virus was isolated from the pharyngeal and cloacal swabs on CEF and TH-1. Twenty-three (47%) of 49 sera samples tested positive for reptilian reoviruses by virus neutralization tests. Twenty (41%) of 49 samples had antibodies against one reptilian PMV isolate by virus neutralization tests and 3 (9%) of 34 by hemagglutination inhibition tests. No antibodies were detected against the other PMV isolate of reptilian origin nor against avian PMV-1. This is the first description of serum antibodies against reptilian reoviruses and PMV in wild iguanas.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Avian and Reptile Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gravendyck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ammermann
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Marschang
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Kaleta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D006721:Honduras / Q000453:epidemiology; D007076:Iguanas; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral